Zig vectors do not necessarily force data into SIMD registers; a scalar implementation would work equally well. This is not just a theoretical argument, because Zig code that uses `@Vector` also has to compile for architectures that do not have SIMD instructions.
That being said, the parent commenter is actually referring to other recent proposals as opposed to existing `@Vector` functionality:
It's not designed for IoT devices per se, the naming is just terrible. A comparison to OpenWrt is not warranted here, although to reiterate, the naming is terrible.
That being said, the parent commenter is actually referring to other recent proposals as opposed to existing `@Vector` functionality:
https://codeberg.org/ziglang/zig/issues/32032
https://codeberg.org/ziglang/zig/issues/35376